ISB ~ Romans 11 v8 - 10

Paul summons the Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms to witness against hardened Israel.

• Moses describes how Yahweh withheld the gifts of spiritual understanding (eyes and ears) from the wilderness generation of Israel because of its faithlessness, thanklessness, and idolatry (11:8; Deut 29:4). The same scenario was repeated in Isaiah’s day when the Lord disciplined Israel with a spirit of stupor, making it numb and unresponsive to his warnings and causing it to stagger around in spiritual darkness (11:8; Is 29:10). David invoked such a curse on his enemies in Israel for their injustices (11:9; Ps 69:22-23).